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6. NEW OUSINESS (Cont'd) Mr. Slabaugh stated, "I said, 'if' and the 'if' was- -and Helen wrote it down in the Minutes with a 'big if.' We had a three-year warranty, which we are trying to guarantee here: Response from Mr. Soltesz,' "Well, -you see, warrantees are tike anything else, and this was my point t: Now, we have a figure here of $2,600.00. In this $2,600.`00, the employees - -your employees= -AND my witness is sitting right in this room, and we WERE TOLD to remove the covers off of these same fountains, that are now being talked about by Colip in his letter--Charlie Col'p wrote the letter--and also the other letter that you speak of - -1 have copies of BOTH- -and in there it was specifi- cally stated that the instructions were not followed.in the preparation of the pools. Now, there was not a determination..... Mr. Slabaugh: "This is NOT a Hickey Contract::" Mr. Soltesz: "I didn't interrupt YOU:, Mr. SLABAUGH, when you had the floor: Mr. Chenney: "You're getting a little rough, boys: The Chair said "All right, go ahead." ...to which a heated rebuttal ensued. Mr. Slabaugh stated, -I am the Project Engineer, sir. I am in the Redevelopment area:" and Mr. Soltesz's retort was, "AND I happen to be the taxpayer, Sir; JUST remember that:" The Chair's gavel to maintain order in the meeting was ignored, with more heated rebuttels. The Chair requested Bill Slabaugh to complete his report. Mr. Slabaugh said "this was not a Hickey contract. Hickey is the general contractor on Contract No. 5; Colip was their subcontractor. But Colip put these pools in order so that they run and so that they can be under warranty. Actually there was one part that was stolen; one of those pool lights was stolen and that's in here.. It is not indicated in the detailed breakdown; it will be in his bill, so, if we are saying that Colip shouldn't be paid; if that is what is coming from the outside, you recognize as someone who is not completing my report, then all I am doing is asking for your ap- proval to pay Colip for the work that they DID to insure that we would have a Maintenance bond, which we will probably lose if it wasn't done." The Chair asked Bill if he is through now, and Bill Slabaugh said he is through if that's all that is required for him to explain. President Nimtz said the Commissioners had no questions at thE! time he had called for the Commissioners' comments, and '°Do the Commissioners have any .comments now ?" Commissioner Chenney asked if Colip's have done the work, to which Mr. Slabaugh answered, "Yes, Sir." and Mr. Chenney said that is all he wanted to know. The Chair requested Mr. Soltesz to go ahead with his discussion. Mr. Soltesz commented; "No. 1, to clear the air. I have no objection to having the pools running. We've.got $3 Mil -lion Dollars invested; a little better than.$3 Million, in fact. The citizens of this community would like to spend some time in utilizing these little pools from the time that they were turned on and they were not completed;.were not operating. I understand that they have been turned over to the City in the interim. Who......" Mr. Slabaugh interrupted., "They have not been turned over to the City in the City in the interim." Mr. Soltesz's - 23 -